2011 Sri Lanka Premier League

February 2023 2011 Sri Lanka Premier League 2011 Sri Lanka Premier League logo.jpg 2011 Sri Lanka Premier League logo Sri Lanka Cricket Twenty20 Round-robin and knockout Event cancelled 7 24 2012 2012 Sri Lanka Premier League The 2011 Sri Lanka Premier League was a postponed Twenty20 cricket league. It was scheduled as the first edition of the new Twenty20 domestic cricket competition in Sri Lanka, from 19 July to 4 August. It was postponed until 2012, which was held as the 2012 Sri Lanka Premier League, after problems due to allegations of corruption and incompetence by Sri Lanka Cricket. The Board of Control for Cricket in India had also decided not to allow Indian players to play in the tournament.http://www.islandcricket.lk/node/11634 https://archive.today/20120802140840/http://www.islandcricket.lk/node/11634 dead 2 August 2012 Corruption and incompetence brings Sri Lanka's SLPL T20 tournament to its knees Gavin Van Hoff 19 June 2011 Island Cricket 2011-07-08 http://www.espncricinfo.com/srilanka/content/story/519526.html No Indians in SLPL, says BCCI 18 June 2011 ESPNcricinfo 2011-07-08 http://www.espncricinfo.com/srilanka/content/current/story/522286.html Sri Lanka Premier League postponed to 2012 Tariq Engineer ESPNcricinfo 7 July 2011 2011-07-08 The proposed tournament included seven teams representing the provinces of Sri Lanka. The teams were to be captained by six national captains and a former Sri Lanka vice-captain. The tournament was to feature over 30 international cricketers and be the first of its kind in Sri Lanka. Teams Unlike other cricket leagues, the Sri Lanka Premier League did not have city-based teams but instead provincial teams to allow an entire province to associate themselves with a team and thus create a bigger following for the tournament. Seven teams were established in seven provinces, with three being created in 2011.May 2014 Aside from the Nagenahira Nagas and the Uthura Oryxes, each of these teams played in a previous Inter-Provincial tournament.http://www.hindustantimes.com/News-Feed/cricketnews/Now-Sri-Lanka-to-start-IPL-style-meet/Article1-696716.aspx Now, Sri Lanka to start IPL-style meet Sutirtho Patranobis Hindustan Times 12 May 2011 2011-07-08 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20110717033540/http://www.hindustantimes.com/News-Feed/cricketnews/Now-Sri-Lanka-to-start-IPL-style-meet/Article1-696716.aspx 17 July 2011 North Central and Sabaragamuwa Provinces did not have teams for the first season. Teams for all the provinces were limited to ensure competitiveness for the future.SLPL to add two more provinces later http://www.espncricinfo.com/srilanka/content/story/514456.html?CMP=chrome ESPNcricinfo 24 June 2011 Team Province Captain Basnahira Bears Western Tillakaratne Dilshan Kandurata Kites Central Kumar Sangakkara Nagenahira Nagas Eastern Shahid Afridi Ruhuna Rhinos Southern Sanath Jayasuriya Uthura Oryxes Northern Daniel Vettori Uva Unicorns Uva Chaminda Vaas Wayamba Wolves North Western Mahela Jayawardene Venue All of the matches in the tournament were to be played at R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo. Colombo R Premadasa Stadium Capacity: 35,000 Sri Lanka 250 center Venues in Sri Lanka Sri Lanka 6 56 79 52 Right Colombo Squads Each team was due to have a total squad sizes between 16 and 18 players, including up to five overseas players, only four of whom were to be allowed to play in any given match. There had to be a minimum seven Sri Lankan players, with one player being an under-21 cricketer. Each team would have had an icon or marquee player, as well as a prominent ex-Sri Lanka player as a mentor or coach.http://www.lankanewspapers.com/news/2011/5/66835.html SLPL to kick off in July? 10 May 2011 Lanka Newspapers 2011-07-08 24 August 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20110824174031/http://www.lankanewspapers.com/news/2011/5/66835.html dead Media coverage All 24 matches were planned to be telecast live to every cricketing nation.http://www.hindustantimes.com/News-Feed/cricketnews/Now-Sri-Lanka-to-start-IPL-style-meet/Article1-696716.aspx Now, Sri Lanka to start IPL-style meet – Hindustan Times 2011-07-08 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20110717033540/http://www.hindustantimes.com/News-Feed/cricketnews/Now-Sri-Lanka-to-start-IPL-style-meet/Article1-696716.aspx 17 July 2011 References External links Tournament page – Cricinfo Sri Lanka Premier League Category:Sri Lanka Premier League Category:2011 in Sri Lankan cricket